/**
 * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloudfarming <info@cloudfarming.nl>
 *
 * Licensed under the Eclipse Public License - v 1.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */

package nl.cloudfarming.sensor;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;

/**
 * The receiver is responsible for the connection to the sensor, or the medium the sensor put its data on.
 * Receivers can be specific for a medium, sensor or both.
 * Examples, networkReceiver, filesystemReceiver, SomeSensorSpecificReceiver
 *
 * @author Timon Veenstra
 */
public interface Receiver {

	/**
	 * starts the receiver
	 */
    void start() throws ReceiverAlreadyRegisteredException;

	/**
	 * stops the receiver
	 */
    void stop();

    /**
     * method that handles receiving of a payload
     *
     * @param payload
     */
    void receive(Object payload) throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, IOException;
}
